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Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival headliner is New York singer Charene Wade. She's become closely associated with the music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson since releasing her 2015 album Offering, making her the first woman to record a full-length album tribute to the great ...

Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 October 24, 2018) is most famous for his hits Polk Salad Annie and Rainy Night in Georgia. Probably one of his least known stories though involves a tiny store in Leipers Crossing Tennessee nearby his antebellum home where The Shine was recorded. And the place died this ...

(1897-1945) travelled the southern states of the US thundering out his charismatic street corner evangelism. His singular style featured virtuoso slide guitar and a raw gospel voice. He was one of the biggest selling black-gospel artists of the era. In 2016 a tribute album has was released with ...

is touring for bluesfest and beyond. She's part of a new generation of musicians digging deep into American history. Slave stories, civil rights and the Black Lives Matter movement all provide fodder for her new collection of songs on Freedom Highway. While in Australia Rhiannon's playing with ...

new book contends that this DIY form of post-war music changed the world. A slight case of hyperbole? Tune in to hear how Donnie Lonegan, The Vipers, Ken Colyer and the Quarrymen created this uniquely British take on American folk and blues and caused a sensation amongst a generation of kids growing ...